Swinging clothes-line support.



vprurap sfraras raraur orator FELIPE MEJ IA BORQTA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

SWINGING CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed May 21, 1914. Serial No. 340,024.

To all'whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FELIPE MEJIA BoRJA, a citizenof the Republic ofMexico, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved SwingingClothes-Line Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes line supports, andparticularly to supports which may be connected with a window frame soas to swing interiorly and j I the wall 1 and a threaded extension 5e21-tending through part of the frame for re-.

outwardly, as desired. I

The object in view is to provide a swinging support for clothes lineswhich may be readily moved into the room and moved out of the room atany time, and also readily adjusted for tightening the lines carryingthe clothes.

A further object of the invention is to pro- I vlde an improved swingingclothesline sup .port which is arranged with folding parts whereby thesupport may be folded into a small space when it is desiredto store the"7 same or transfer the same.

I In carrying 0111117116 objects of the inven- .tion a suitable bracketis. connected with the side of the windowv or other convenient point. Tothis bracket is pivotally connected a swingingarm which is providedwitha doublehinge intermediate the ends and a sleeve for holding thehinge against independent movement while the arm is in use.

Connected with the outer end of; this arm is, a second-arm or projectionwhich carries apulley. Passing through this pulley through a secondpulley supported by a cable is the clothesline whichmav be read-- ilytightened orgloosened as desired upon elevating or depressing the pulleysupported bythe cable just mentioned. The arm may be readily swung intothe room whenever, desired for applying clothes to thefline, and

may be readily swung out ofthe room when the support is not desired andthe l ne is not in use. a V y In the accompanying draw ngs,;F1gure 1 isa fragmentary horizontal section through a window, the same showing aswingingclothes line support embodying the in'vem. tion in position foruse; Fig. 9. is a horizontal vertical section through Fig. 1approximately on line 22; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed fragmentaryview showing part ofthe supporting arm and disclosing the hingeintermediate the ends and a swinging ournal or support; Flg. 451s adetalled frag mentary top plan view of the supporting plate for the armshown in Fig.3 Fig. 5 is a plan view of a supporting bracket embodyingcertain features of the invention. v

Referring to the accompanying'dra-wing'sj is provided with an upstandingportion 7" for receiving second bracket for supporting plate'8, whichsupporting plate 1s pro; vlded with a threaded. extension projectingthrough upstanding member for receiving a clamping nut 9. Plate 8 isprovided with plurality of apertures 10 as shown-in Figs. 3 and 4, whichapertures aredesigned to receive at different times the lockingpin 11pressed by spring 12 and retracted bya hand operated rod or member 13.The pin 11 and spring 12 together with'member 13 are carried bythe outer"section 14 of flarm Patented Au 10, 1915;

15 A suitable boreis. of course provided for the pin 11 so that'the'same may be raised at any time. thus allowing the arm 15 to swing fromone position to the other and then belocked in its adjusted position bypin--11 entering'one of the apertures ,10'.

Plate 8* in addition to the aperture 10 is provided with ajournal member16 carrying a retainingfscrew 17, th1s journal member y accommodatingthesection 1410f arm 15, as i by a double hinge .18 wherebv these sectionsmay beyfolded.together. Whenlitis declearlvf shown infFigj The sections14 and 14 of arm 15 are connected together sired to cause the sectiousland l'r' to remain-in alinementQas shown inFig. 1,.a,

sleeve 1 9 is moved over thehinLgejlSggtnd tberebv s tiifens or preventsthe. movement of one section independent of the other.

From Fig-3 it will be observed thatthe, ,zsleevel'fi) is provided withslots 20. which slots accommodate the heads 21. and 22 of -a retainingmember 23. which retaining member may be operated from either side ofthearm 15. When the arm is to be folded useforjthe linepin 11 is raisedandarm l5 ans.

m, mates; for bun in a d clo he 1 1 6 ad ritensien sa ar b ng f rmed nley 126 is connected to ilILGXtBIlSiOIl 28 by any: suitable means as forinstance hook 29,

extensien;28xbeinga-connected with the sec? tion l4fl of arm lab-y anysuitablemeans, as forinstanee b being extended therethrough andclalnpedtheretovby .a nut3-()., Pulley 27 is sup-portedbya cablefil passedover pulley32, which pulley, is in turnsupported by hook 3.3connectedv.to bracket 34 secured to the'wail or, frame by screw 35,'and by havingpart to .gthfi, bracket extending through the walls ot theframeandclamped. thereto by afsuitablenutfifi. Thercable 31 in-passing throughpulley 32-; extends, downwardly, and is wrapped, around the ,upstandingmember 7 p on braclretfi where it, may be tied if deired and; husrp s tre y suppor or hold:

n am era edt p s tio he 1 111 5 2 Whenit is desired to use. the devicethe, arm, 15, may" be swung into the .room to any desired extent andlockedinthe position in which it, is, moved, pin 11. engaging oneotgthmapertures 10, The arm may bev left within ,the roorn'during ,thetime that the bthe re dry g eted b out P e,- Q l, des ed Wh Q diQ anou rposition the line25 may,-be tightened by raising pulley When there is nofurther isswu'ng to outer-position whereit is lo eked by merelyreleasing pin 11 which Q will automaticallyr move into one. of tl1epeture 1Q unde th act n ispr 12 hat I ,c aim, r

In arl fih e eeS PP 't elem ti Q Yibdr sw g ng imi mea f r, connectlngtsame toja'w ndow so that the rm. r ngedandeetei th ndo qr suppor n a clhesl e o sa d e a e? adraeinner e t on; mea f r reta ly wanedm s id ec etoget so tha one section may be folded against the otherpa notchedsleeve arranged on one,of said sectigns adapted to slide over the othersection, said outer section being; formed with anaperture, andarotatable locking membser arranged on said inner sec-l tion formed withenlarged ends, said enlarged ends fitting into said notches of thesliding sleeve when the sleeve is moved away from said pivotal means,said locking member being formed with a head for locking said sectionstogether when in a folded position, said head being adapted to be passedthroughsaid aperture in said outer section, and to be caused to straddlesaid aperture when the sections are in a folded position.

2. In a clothes line support of the charac ter described, a swinging armformed with an inner and an outer section, said outer sectionbeingformed with an aperture, a

hingelmemberarranged between said sec-' tions for pivoting thesectionstogether in such a mannerthat the sections may be folded againsteach other, a sleeve arranged to slide over. said hinge member andengage the ends of both of said sections whereby said sections are heldin rigidalinement, said sleeve being formed with a pair of notches and arotatable locking member arranged on said inner. section, said lockingmember being arranged 1n such a position as to be located in saidnotches when saidsleeveis posi-' tioned entirely on said inner section,said locking member being formed wlth an elongated head adapted to passthrough said ape erture injthe outer section when in one position andadapted to span said aperture when in another position, whereby thesections of said arm may be folded and locked in afolded position; a

3. In a clothes line support of the charac ter described, a supportingbracket, an arm pivotally mounted on said bracket, means for lockingsaidarm in various positions, said arm being divided into sections, adouble hinge structure connecting said sections whereby the sections maybe 'folded together,

a telescoping sleeve surrounding one of said sectionsand being adapte'dto telescope over the other section for engaging both sections adjacentsaid hinge and thus holding the sections rigidly in alinement, meansvfor supporting a ;pulley on the outer section, a clothes line arrangedin said pulley, ang manually operated means engaging sai' clothes linefor bringing the same under tension.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. p

' FELIPE MEJIA BORJA. Witnesses:

A. Krromn,

eagl -5 61 this eaten the? be ebtaiiied for nve cents each; byaddressing the f Commissioner of Patents;

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